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Arthur Maud | |
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 Maud and his mother Frances | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1932 (age 90–91) Airedale, England |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, conductor, musicologist |
Arthur Maud (born December 29, 1932) is an Anglo-American composer, conductor, and musicologist.
Born and raised in Airedale, the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Maud studied singing at an early age and was chorister and soloist in local churches until the family emigrated to the US in 1948. He has studied composition in Germany (Hochschule für Musik, Munich 1956–7)) and America with Dominic Argento, Paul Fetler, Harald Genzmer, Carl Orff, Leroy Robertson, Leo Sowerby and others. A 'Christmas Cantata' on Crashaw's 'Song on the Birth of our Lord' was written for the MA at the University of Utah in 1960; and 'Sinfonia Concertante for Organ and Orchestra' for the PhD at the University of Minnesota in 1977. [1]
As Director of Concentus Musicus Minnesota he prepared and directed more than twenty years of concert seasons for its vocal and early instrumental ensembles and produced the following recordings containing major works by 15th and 16th century composers:
In addition to the Season Concert Series, Concentus Musicus presented hundreds of concerts and workshops throughout the Upper Midwest for colleges, universities, churches, concert societies, and professional associations. The last of these concerts--'Music from Papal Avignon'.--was presented to the National Conference of the Medieval Academy of America held in Minneapolis, April 2003.
Beginning in 1995 an association with St John on Bethnal Green Festival, London, resulted in composition of six secular song sets for solo/choir/strings and keyboard:
Other works composed for this venue include:
Most of Maud's religious compositions were written for St Clement's Episcopal Church, St Paul, Minnesota, they include:
Chamber works include:
A sole work for the stage, 'Masque of the Resurrection', was performed at the University Episcopal Center, University of Minnesota, 1966
For the Concentus Musicus Minnesota programs Maud made over fifty arrangements of dances and Minnesinger and troubadour songs, and transcribed many polyphonic works from manuscript. A web site is being assembled where much of this recorded material can be accessed.
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